4th Grade States Research

Online Encyclopedias:
Grolier America the Beautiful (at home, the database requires the username and password given in class)

World Book Encyclopedia (database requires the username and password given in class)

Britannica Encylcopedia (no username or password required)

Kids Infobits (articles from kid's magazine and newspapers - requires the username and password given in class)

Searchasaurus (articles from kid's magazine and newspapers - requires the username and password given in class)

Online Almanacs:
Fact Monster: States

Other Sources:
State Reports
http://classbrain.com/artstate/publish/

America's Story: Explore the States (from the U.S. Library of Congress)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es

Stately Knowledge
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/

Games:
USA Games (play States 1, 2, 3 & 4)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Time Yourself!
http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf

Sing Along!
Fifty Nifty United States

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Handouts:
Guide to Citing Your Sources (.pdf)
Bibliography (.pdf)
Agriculture Notes (.pdf)
Climate & Geography Notes (.pdf)
Business & Industry Notes (.pdf)
Student's Choice Notes (.pdf)
State Trivia (.pdf)